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How to spell butter
Butter is spelled B-U-T-T-E-R. The part people get wrong: double T.
What it means: A creamy substance made from milk or cream.
In a sentence: I spread butter on my toast for breakfast.
The part people get wrong
Watch for double t.
Same family: headbutt, fighter, boxing, illegal, foul. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: This slang use of "butter" comes from the word "butt" meaning to hit with the head, plus the -er ending that names a person who does something (like "runner"). It is unrelated to "butter," the dairy product, even though the spellings look the same.
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